ZeeBee’s-42 — North Chicago-8 — ZeeBee’s get first win!
I was privileged to attend the Zion-Benton High School Varsity Football game Friday night with my family.
What transpired (at least in the first half) was a sloppy, penalty filled game.
I believe the IHSA had given the word the ref’s to call a tight game, which they did. There were more personal fouls, and Unsportsmanlike conduct penalties then I have ever seen at a game (30 total!) and some probably would not have been called if North Chicago were not in the game. This is not to blame North Chicago either, they played with class as did the ZeeBee’s.
Unfortunately for the Warhawks, they were short handed since so many of their players were suspended due to the fight with Simmeon. (You can hear my take on this on the BuzzCast.)
What I was awed by though were the moves by running back Jaevuan Moton!! He was juking and slashing in a way where it was actually physically hard to follow him with the naked eye!! Jaevuan gained 121 yards on 10 carries and had 2 TD’s.
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QB Eric Pasiewicz, kept control of his squad marching them down field several time to be pulled back by penalties or fumbles which while not his fault kept him from probably running the score up even higher. Eric did close out the 1st half with a 17 yard pass to Michael Braswell to run the score up to 21-2.
Unfortunately for me, I had to leave midway through the 3rd Quarter as the game was running long due to the penalties, and my daughter was at a friends house. (Note to self, next week have all kids situated someplace where I don’t have to retrieve them!)
The ZeeBee’s are now 1-3, ending a 17 game losing streak dating back to 2007. Congrats gentlemen on a game well played!! Let’s keep it up next week against Libertyville!
